Example sentences of "[verb] its [noun sg] [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 1988 ; Grimshaw and Jefferson 1987 ; Trojanowicz and Harden 1985 ) , although there are a number of other studies which emphasize its success in overcoming public hostility to the police ( Brown and Iles 1985 ; McKane 1980 ; cf. Cumberbatch 1983 , Taylor-Griffiths 1988 ) . |
| 2 | Nevertheless , this particular Conservative administration did offer social policies which were designed both to indicate its commitment to dealing with social problems and to undermine the challenge of Labour . |
| 3 | On June 6 the International Tropical Timber Organization ( ITTO ) , comprising 19 wood producing countries and 24 consumer countries , concluded its nine-day annual conference in the Ecuadorean capital , Quito , by reaffirming its goal of ensuring that all exports of tropical timber should come from sustainable sources by the year 2000 [ see p. 38257 ] . |
| 4 | Cuba 's deteriorating economic position and increasing diplomatic isolation in the wake of changes in the Soviet Union and eastern Europe resulted in the declaration on Sept. 28 , 1990 , of a " special period in peacetime " , with the PCC taking steps to consolidate its position by curtailing bureaucracy and combating corruption . |
| 5 | Reliance on monetarism rather than incomes policy meant that the government no longer had to compromise its authority in making social contracts and wages policies with producer groups , particularly the unions . |
| 6 | This self-organised work design has its parallel in designing tasks for others . |
| 7 | This does not prevent our wanting such reflective self-understanding also to involve understanding how our faculties can , in particular cases , lead us to the truth about an empirical subject matter ; and naturalistic information has its place in meeting this demand . |
| 8 | As the country 's political isolation reached unprecedented levels , the authorities appeared to have deepened its isolation by sealing the borders with the Soviet Union and Bulgaria , in addition to the earlier closure of the frontiers with Yugoslavia and Hungary . |
| 9 | Founded in 1982 , Compaq built its reputation by beating IBM at its own game . |
| 10 | The EC , he said , had made " a very serious mistake " and an " error of judgement " in announcing its decision before consulting the ANC . |
| 11 | This would demonstrate its commitment to achieving professional status whilst allowing enough time for membership to grow . |
| 12 | For , on the one hand , they dispensed valuable resources : opportunities for lamb-barrel politics were an incentive to people to participate in popular democracy , to stand for election to a committee , even if they doubted its suitability for managing a complex hierarchical organization . |
| 13 | Hungary had in late January limited the renewal of export licences for sales to the Soviet Union ( with which it had a marked trade surplus ) and pursued its aim of exporting more to the West for hard currency . |
| 14 | What is remarkable about the inter-war years is the consistency of trade union policies and the forthright manner with which the General Council pursued its intention of forging an effective industrial alliance between its member unions . |
| 15 | In fact the Codasyl DBTO started life as the List Processing Task Group but changed its name on investigating the wider issues of their task . |
| 16 | Although the government changed its way of profiting from the sale of drink mainly for negative reasons — to stave off rural unrest and reduce under-the-counter payments to civil servants — the abolition of the vodka farm looked like a victory for the common man . |
| 17 | Mrs. Twitchett , who provided the refreshments must have been unhappy , for within one month the Club changed its policy of taking all the profit to letting her have it ‘ if any ’ and agreeing to supply her with additional help at weekends and other special occasions . |
| 18 | Charlie 's family had no medical insurance , but Medicare changed its mind about paying after seeing a film made by the Disney Corporation of Laura 's discharge from hospital . |
| 19 | It urged the government to recognize further sites to meet its commitment to protecting Britain 's wetlands . |
| 20 | Friends of the Earth are claiming that a survey of local authority recycling schemes proves that , without changes in policy , the government will fail to meet its target of recycling 25 per cent of domestic waste by the year 2000 . |
| 21 | The figures thus cast doubt on the government 's ability to meet its target of stabilizing emissions at 1990 levels by the year 2000 . |
| 22 | Whatever happens , the government will not be able to meet its target of introducing eco-labelling by the end of 1991 — the target date set in the Environmental Protection Bill . |
| 23 | The important point to remember is that all the sub-units are needed if the production function is to meet its aim of providing the goods required by its customers , and to do so in a way that meets the profit , growth and other objectives of the organization as a whole . |
| 24 | There , he had presided over a society only slightly less diverse than that of the Caucasus and had fostered its development without trespassing dangerously on local sensibilities . |
| 25 | Nevertheless , whilst a joint campaign with the Communist Party and other political organizations was entirely out of the question , the Labour leadership felt compelled to adjust its policy with regard to Spain . |
| 26 | Pop music had temporarily forgotten its role of addressing a young audience about its own concerns , and instead entered one of its periodic fits of mawkishness and middle-aged retrenchment , personified in the superstar of the moment — a gargantuan , bearded figure , shrouded in kaftans , precariously balanced on tiny slippers and warbling in an implausible soprano . |
| 27 | And with the ending of merger talks with BZW , it is hard to see how Morgan Grenfell can preserve its independence without falling into the hands of an overseas concern . |
| 28 | Any extra load on the tail will help to increase its resistance to moving sideways and so help prevent a serious swing . |
| 29 | He does intend to increase its flexibility by modifying internal partitions , thus improving on the ‘ outdated concepts of the Sixties and Seventies ’ . |
| 30 | The Borough Council has explored every avenue with First Leisure to try to increase its income by expanding the usage , which were not successful . |